2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres


The men's 5000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 13 and 16 August.
Fifteen qualified for the final. Of the ten automatic qualifiers, three each were from Kenya, Ethiopia and the United States. But all eyes were on the one from England, the defending champion, Olympic champion and 10000 winner from these championships all rolled up into one Mo Farah.
The first lap of the final started off at a jog for these world class competitors. On the second lap, the Kenyans as a group pushed the pace, but it didn't last long and the pack reformed. At such a leisurely pace, nobody was at risk of getting dropped. Instead confusion. Hagos Gebrhiwet literally a step behind Farah near the back of the pack, watching his every step. At 2000 meters, Farah decided to take a chance at the lead, but it was not to advance the pace but to slow it down. With Farah at the front the pace slowed to 68 seconds, then almost 70 seconds and the rest of the field obediently crowded up behind him, not willing to go out alone against the king. With 5 laps to go, Isiah Koech decided to make the break and took off. The race accelerated to 62-second laps with all the players covering each other's move and jockeying for position. For a lap Yenew Alamirew held the lead, accelerating as anyone looked to try to pass. With 650 to go, Farah made his move, successfully passing Alamirew he only gained a step on the field but that was enough, now he wouldn't let anybody pass him, the field stinging out behind him, the suitors dwindling. Through the final lap in 53 seconds, Koech made repeated attempts to get past Farah but each time Farah was able to go that much faster. Two steps behind at the beginning of the straight, Gebrhiwet weaved his way around the other two Kenyans and came flying down the outside as Koech let up in defeat, Gebrhiwet taking silver by one thousandth of a second after 5000 meters.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record12:37.35Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004
Championship record12:52.79Saint-Denis, France31 August 2003
World Leading12:51.34Monaco19 July 2013
African Record12:37.35Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004
Asian Record12:51.98Rome, Italy14 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record12:53.60Monaco22 July 2011
South American Record13:19.43Kassel, Germany8 June 2006
European Record12:49.71Brussels, Belgium25 August 2000
Oceanian record12:55.76London, Great Britain30 July 2004

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat and the next 5 fastest advanced to the final.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Muktar Edris13:20.82Q
22Edwin Soi13:21.44Q
32Isaiah Koech13:22.19Q
41Hagos Gebrhiwet13:23.22Q
51Yenew Alamirew13:23.48Q
61Bernard Lagat13:23.59Q
72Galen Rupp13:23.91Q
82Mo Farah13:23.93Q
91Thomas Longosiwa13:23.94Q
101Ryan Hill13:24.19Q
111Elroy Gelant13:25.07q
122Dejenee Regassa13:25.21q
131Brett Robinson13:25.38q
141Sindre Buraas13:26.69q
151Zane Robertson13:27.89q
162Othmane El Goumri13:31.08
171John Kipkoech13:31.21
182Ben St Lawrence13:33.64
191Phillip Kipyeko13:33.68
201Arne Gabius13:34.26
212Alemayehu Bezabeh13:34.68
222Byron Piedra13:35.38
232Yuki Sato13:37.07
241Aziz Lahbabi13:37.75
252Diego Estrada13:48.38
261Sergio Sánchez13:52.05
272Rinas Akhmadeev13:58.38
282Jake Robertson14:09.50
291Grevazio Mpani14:15.65
1Abdoulaye AbdelkarimDNS
2Moses Ndiema KipsiroDNS

Final

The final was started at 20:45.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Mo Farah13:26.98
Hagos Gebrhiwet13:27.26
Isiah Koech13:27.26
Thomas Longosiwa13:27.67
Edwin Soi13:29.01
Bernard Lagat13:29.24
Muktar Edris13:29.56
Galen Rupp13:29.87
Yenew Alamirew13:31.27
10Ryan Hill13:32.69
11Dejenee Regassa13:34.54
12Elroy Gelant13:43.68
13Sindre Buraas13:45.67
14Zane Robertson13:46.55
15Brett Robinson14:03.77